Will Smokers Get Busted At Hempfest? Seattle Police Tell All To Callahan

Kiev, UKRAINE: A man wearing cannabis-leaf-design sunglasses attends the Freedom March in central Kiev, 05 May 2007. The marchers demand the legalization of the use of marijuana and the stopping of repressions against narco-dependents in Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Down at Myrtle Edwards Park over the next 3 days, The Seattle Police department will be at Hempfest too. On Saturday the 17th, they are handing out bags of Doritos chips with new state marijuana laws attached – genius.

What else are the cops up to at Hempfest? We talked to Officer Sean Whitcomb about how they came up with the Doritos idea and how many bags they have (only 1000).

Some Hempfest goers are afraid you’ll bust them for smoking in public – what will SPD you do when they see them?
If you’re over 21, you get a warning. If you’re a minor – its’ serious, this is a misdemeanor.

Sean gives much more information about SPD and the new marijuana laws here: